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Pitch Shifter Pedals

Malekko Heavy Industry Downer Wavefolder/Saturation/Octave/Filter

If you like your guitar tone deep-down low and distorted, Malekko Heavy Industries has a new pedal that can take it to new depths. The appropriately named Downer - a pedal whose prototype we saw at NAMM 2018 - is a combination wavefolder/saturation and pitch-shifting pedal. Saturation, the more “subtle” of…Click on the title for more

Malekko Heavy Industry Downer Wavefolder/Saturation/Octave/Filter

TC Electronic Quintessence Harmonizer

TC Electronic unveiled their new Quintessence Harmonizer in late 2017. Finally, some video demos of it are surfacing, here's the one from EytschPi42. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGc28P_YNSY And here's the video the guys from That Pedal Show took at GuitCon in Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_7FJYsiyE More from the manufacturer's website: Quintessence Harmonizer is a state-of-the-art…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Quintessence Harmonizer

MOOER Pitch Step Polyphonic Pitch Shifter and Harmoniser

First showcased at Musik Messe 2017, Mooer's take on the Whammy (called Pitch Step) is now out in the world, just in time for NAMM 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gHMMBKVrm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qkHTAmVZB8 PITCH STEP is a polyphonic pitch shifter and harmonizer, conveniently built into a small expression pedal for real time control. The integrated…Click on the title for more

MOOER Pitch Step Polyphonic Pitch Shifter and Harmoniser

Cooper FX Moment Machine

Pitch shifting is one of those effects that, when used in non-subtle ways, can open up a wide palette of creative possibilities, which seems to be the precise mission behind the effect circuits of stompbox maker Cooper FX. The company new pedal "Moment Machine" was recently unveiled through a video by…Click on the title for more

Cooper FX Moment Machine

Eventide Announces Android Control for the H9 Harmonizer

Eventide Audio is now offering Android support for the company’s popular H9 Harmonizer pedal. The company made the announcement at Winter NAMM 2018. A beta version of H9 Control for Android is now available for download and will work on Android phones and tablets. To get the beta, apply to…Click on the title for more

Eventide Announces Android Control for the H9 Harmonizer

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

Here's an obscure pedal demoed by Dennis Kayzer, a stompbox by MAK Crazy Sound Technology designed by metal guitarist Chocoslayc. The device is designed primarily for tapping, but also compatible with other guitar techniques. The pedal control unit consists of four adjustment knobs and a three-position effect switch. Prometheus mode…Click on the title for more

MAK Crazy Sound Technology – Chocoslayc

New Creative Pedals: Nunomo Grain

One of the coolest new pedals we were able to try at the latest L.A. Stompbox Exhibit was the Grain, a creation of California based manufacturer Nunomo, run by Japanese designer Ryosuke Kojima. This stompbox is an intriguing take on granular tremolo with added overdrive and pitch shifting circuits -…Click on the title for more

New Creative Pedals: Nunomo Grain

TC Electronic Quintessence Harmonizer (sneak peek)

Here's a sneak peek of the new TC Electronic Quintessence (not out yet), courtesy of PedalsAndEffects.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhN3mAQm39A Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Quintessence Harmonizer (sneak peek)

Dwarfcraft Devices – Super Wizard

If you play weird music, you'll need to pick up a Dwarfcraft Devices pedal at one point or another. Here's the new demo by Dennis Kayzer about the Dwarfcraft Devices Super Wizard, a pitch shifting stompbox with integrated lo-fi echo and some special footswitch controls. Picking up where the Wizard of Pitch…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices – Super Wizard

Hungry Robot The Monastery

One of the edgiest "emerging" manufacturers of guitar pedals, Hungry Robot specializes in effects that sound, in two words, droney and ambient-y. Most spaces used for religious functions (or retreats) tend to transform any sound into a cascade of ghostly reflections, so we are not surprised by the fact that…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot The Monastery

Hungry Robot – The Karman Line delay and oscillation device

Hungry Robot is a new manufacturer churning out super fun pedals, and The Karman Line is arguably one of the most fun in the line. Check out this video of it by Dennis Kayzer! From the manufacturer's site: The Kármán Line is a modulating joystick delay and oscillation device that features a heavily…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot – The Karman Line delay and oscillation device

Pedal demos: Dwarfcraft Devices’ Super Wizard (by Knobs)

Here's a spanking new video by Knobs about the Dwarfcraft Devices' new Super Wizard, described by the manufacturer as "a behemoth of pitch shifting, glitching, and lo-fi echo delights!" It's sample based pitch shifting identical to the one found in their Wizard of Pitch," but with the added functionality of the…Click on the title for more

Pedal demos: Dwarfcraft Devices’ Super Wizard (by Knobs)